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Extra! Extra! Read all about it! T.L.L. Temple Memorial Library is moving into its new home. On Thursday, Nov. 13, movers will come and pack up the shelves that we are taking back with us so they can be re-done and in place for the next week. If you are going to need books while we are closed it would be a good idea to check them out before Nov. 13. More ... Gary Martel and Diboll Jr High student Chassity Walker cut a rug last week at the junior high pep rally. More ... Diboll's Christian Outreach will dedicate its new home, the Temple House, 411 S. Hines St., from 3:30-5:30 pm. Tuesday, Nov. 11. The house, shown as it was several years ago and donated by the Temple family to the group, provides much more space and a cheerier atmosphere for the weekly work of the organization. The public is invited. More ... More than 100 Diboll High School alumni and their guests gathered at the Lottie and Arthur Temple Civic Center for the 2008 Diboll Day "All Years Reunion." The event raised $637 for the Alumni Scholarship Fund. Members of the Classes of 1952-99 enjoyed visiting and dancing to the music of DJ Craig Standley. The association thanks Butch Parish for providing security. More ... Arrests Christopher A. Lewis - No Drivers License. Melvin J. Torgow - Lake Jackson PD Warrant. Armando Delacruz Jr. - Public Intoxication Lermaine L. More ... Indictments handed up by the most recent Angelina County grand jury session include: Presented by Angelina Sheriff's Office, Scott Stuart Ware,47, of Zavalla, driving while intoxicated, Aug. 24. More ... Beamon had to have X-rays done and thank goodness for Ed Mount who was the valet. Ed Mount is retired from Foundries and he was busy with a big smile. Another day we were at the doctor's office at the hospital and visited with Tommy Wells and Speedy Marze who were busy parking cars for folks. They too are retired from Texas Foundries. More ... Tonya Caughman stopped by on one of her many commutes from Shepherd to her work at Lufkin Rubber & Gasket, a 140-mile round trip every day. Daughter Shelby, 17, a junior at Shepherd High School, needed a new halter for her show cow. Her "little" brother Tyler is a 6-foot, 2-inch freshman at SHS. Both are in FFA. Tonya's husband, Scott, works for the Mammoet Co. in Rosharon. More ... Christy Roach, former employee with the Diboll Free Press, and husband Oscar's grandson Carsyn Roach is in kindergarten at Slack. He is doing so good after his two surgeries on his heart. His brother Weston Roach is 3. Jennifer and Chad Roach are their parents. Jennifer teaches at Kurth and Chad is with LISD in the Transportation Department. More ... You're reading this after election day yet I'm writing it beforehand (Tuesday is such an awkward day) so the sensible thing to do is ignore it. But the election is much on my mind. I'd rather write about elections past. Just as an aside, let me extend my heartfelt wishes that by the time this appears in your mailbox (you do subscribe, right? More ... Election campaigns always provide opportunities for social scientists to examine the behaviors behind voting so, presumably, one day we'll all just fill out questionnaires and, based on our lifestyles, we'll know who the next president will be. Elections will become redundant. More ... AUSTIN - The Monday morning deadline for this column forces coverage of the Nov. 4 general election into the next week. But here is something that is reportable: Texas Secretary of State Hope Andrade announced Oct. 28 the final tally of registered voters in Texas for the Nov. 4 general election was 13.5 million, up from 12. More ... Dolph Briscoe survived an unusually strong challenge from Republican Henry Grover on Nov. 7, 1972, but the 6-percent showing by the Raza Unida candidate made the Democrat the first Texas governor in 78 years elected without a clear majority of the votes. More ... Diboll Primary students listen on as members of the Diboll Ploice Department made a recent presentation at the school. More ... The Friends of the Kaufman County Library presents the eighth annual Book & Author Luncheon on Thursday, Nov. 6, an event benefiting the Kaufman County Library. The doors open at 11 a.m. at the Fellowship Hall of the First Baptist Church at 309 S. Washington St. in Kaufman. More ... The Diboll Jr. High Science Classes are saving the pull tabs from aluminum cans and donating them to the Ronald McDonald House in Houston. The Ronald McDonald House recycles them and uses the money to help provide a home away from home for families with sick children. More ... The Angelina Retired Teachers/School Personnel Association will hold its November meeting at the Stubblefi eld Learning Center on Wednesday, November 12. More ... Diboll Primary Nov. 3 thru 7 - Scholastic Book Fair 8am until 3:15pm everyday. Diboll Temple Elementary Tuesday, Nov. 11 - Veteran's Day Program @ 10am Diboll Junior High Thursday, Nov. More ... Diboll FFA officers for the 2008-2009 school year, front, from left, Tyler Reynolds, secretary; Jennifer Reeder, chairman of Agricultural Awareness; Sara Badeaux, adviser; Hallie Smith, chaplain; J.J. Ojeda, chapter president; back, from left, John David Eddins, vice president; Jonathon Coleman, historian; Colin Lowther, parliamentarian; Edward Phipps, chairman of chapter recruitment; Adam Lowther, Sentinel; Zane Anthony, chairman of Healthy Lifestyle. More ... |
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